Frequently Asked Questions

How many teens will you provide houses for?

We will house as many youth as we can. Our new facility in Lake Forest will send five female youth to college or trade school and we will mentor them through to completion. We have a facility opening in Huntington Beach in 2010 for teen boys. We will continue to increase housing. When we cannot house a youth within our facility, we will refer to one of our partnering shelters listed on our PAD shelter listing. We are working on a scholarship program to pay for partnering shelters for the first few weeks.

How is donated money distributed across your organization?

The Teen Project™ team believes that the majority of donor money should go directly towards housing, feeding and educating our youth. Last year we spent 2% on operational costs. Unless stated, your donations will go to directly food and education costs and utilities for the young teens. We have been fortunate to pay our mortgage payments two years up front. The house is in the name of the organization. Our team consists of volunteers and donors with only one paid staff and a few contract labor hours for grant writing and the web site.

We have one paid full time staff at this time, our Executive Director. We are applying for a specific grant to fund that salary so that it is not part of private donor income. Most supplies and services have either been donated by community partners or expenses have been absorbed by one of our team members.

When will you have your next fundraiser?

We will have a ribbon cutting at the Lake Forest home around Chrismas time.